diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 78a2c0d..d60f34a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for rhel9-cis
 
-rhel9cis_skip_for_travis: false
 system_is_container: false
 container_vars_file: is_container.yml
 # rhel9cis is left off the front of this var for consistency in testing pipeline
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 9a99c24..8861608 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@
   failed_when: false
   args:
       warn: false
-  when:
-      - not rhel9cis_skip_for_travis
   tags:
       - skip_ansible_lint
 
diff --git a/tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.1.x.yml b/tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.1.x.yml
index 8b9eeff..c78be9b 100644
--- a/tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.1.x.yml
+++ b/tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.1.x.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       state: started
       enabled: yes
   when:
-      - not rhel9cis_skip_for_travis
       - rhel9cis_rule_4_1_1_2
       - ansible_connection != 'docker'
   tags: